Vladimir Putin

Beltway Confidential

John McCain jokes about Russian sanctions: ‘I guess this means my spring break in Siberia is off’

Charlie Spiering · March 20, 2014 12:00 am

Obama expands sanctions against Russia, warns of ‘more severe actions’

Obama expands sanctions against Russia, warns of ‘more severe actions’

Brian Hughes · March 20, 2014 12:00 am

Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite speak prior to their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Biden arrived in Vilnius for consultations with Grybauskaite and Latvia's President Andris Berzins, a few hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a draft bill for the annexation of Crimea, one of a flurry of steps to formally take over the Black Sea peninsula. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Warning Russia, Biden says US will defend allies

Josh Lederman · March 19, 2014 12:37 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures after signing a treaty to incorporate Crimea into Russia in the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Options for confronting Vladimir Putin’s cold facts in Ukraine

Austin Bay · March 19, 2014 4:00 am

National Security

White House condemns storming of Ukrainian navy headquarters

Brian Hughes · March 19, 2014 12:00 am

Vladimir Putin’s just the latest bad character to enchant Western leaders

Cal Thomas · March 19, 2014 12:00 am

People rally in support of Crimea joining Russia, with banners and portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin, reading, "We are together," in Red Square in Moscow on March 18, 2014.

Putin signs treaty to add Crimea to map of Russia

Vladimir Isachenkov · March 18, 2014 6:16 pm

After Crimea, world anxious about next Putin move

Vladimir Isachenkov · March 18, 2014 2:18 pm

Special Report Panel on Crimea’s ‘Independence’

Special Report Panel on Crimea’s ‘Independence’

Daniel Halper · March 18, 2014 1:25 pm

China Is Like Russia

Dan Blumenthal and Michael Mazza · March 18, 2014 11:15 am

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: All’s fair with the Crimean vote

Washington Examiner · March 18, 2014 4:00 am

Joe Biden: More sanctions coming as Russia annexes Crimea

Brian Hughes · March 18, 2014 12:00 am